#53 • .45-90-500 Sharps by W.R.A. Co Cartridge

Part of Antique Ammunition Online Auction (timed auction by Linkous Auction Group)

High bid $8.00

Status: Sold

Antique .45-90-500 Sharps cartridge has a long straight brass case with a warm uneven patina, a small rimmed base clearly head stamped "W.R.A. Co. 45-90 W.C.F." and a massive flat-based round-nosed lead bullet coated in a dark lubricant that gives it an almost black appearance. Loaded by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, this cartridge was chambered in the legendary Sharps single-shot rifle and became a favorite of professional buffalo hunters on the Great Plains in the 1870s, capable of taking down bison at extraordinary ranges with its 500-grain bullet driven by 90 grains of black powder. Cartridge measurements are OAL 3.00in CL 2.31in MW .47in